Generated Sounds

Modules

Electronic technology changed music making forever. With a loudspeaker to convert electrical signals into sound, a wide range of completely new, artificial sounds could be created.
In this project you will Understand the technology that makes electronic music possible., Learn about the basic scientific properties of sound, and hear how soundwave shape affects the sound that we hear, Discover the composers who first experimented with electronic music, setting the foundation for much of the pop music that we hear today and Apply this knowledge in the development of your very own electronic composition.

Lessons

<h4>In this project you will:</h4>
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<li>Discover how drones can be used as the basis for Electronic Music.</li>
<li>Learn about modulation and how modulating signals can be used to transform sounds or control effects.</li>
<li>Discover composers who use drones to create rich, musical textures.</li>
<li>Apply this knowledge in the development of your very own Electronic Drone composition.</li>
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Lessons

<h4>In this project you will:</h4>
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<li>Discover the world of Microsound - how small chunks of sound can be used to make enormous pieces.</li>
<li>Learn about granular synthesis - the way in which any sound can be split up and reassembled into new sounds.</li>
<li>Discover composers who use ideas of Microsound to create fluid granular clouds and mighty blocks of sound.</li>
<li>Explore concepts of density and disorder to help you imagine new complexes of sounds.</li>
<li>Apply this knowledge in the development of your very own Microsound composition.</li>
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